JimQPublic
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TL;DR As a "one and only" uke for a beginner does the collective wisdom suggest High or Low G?
I'm a 3rd-year beginner and committed to getting serious about practice. Age 57 man with absolutely zero musical background. I've spent too much time fiddling around with three different ukes, no consistency in practice, yearlong breaks, etc.
One decision is to put my soprano in its case and only play my concert until I have achieved more competence. I find the concert easier to hold and my fingers don't trip over each other as much as the sopranos (although I really love the soprano sound, size, etc. and plan to get back to it).
My concert is an Ohana CK-38 which is solid mahogany. It's lovely with a very warm deep tone. Currently strung Low G with 3 year old strings. I'm going to replace the strings with Worth fluorocarbons (which I already have) and am undecided on low or high G string. Up until now if I was practicing something that was written for low G I used the concert and if high G I used the soprano.
Thanks,
Jim
I'm a 3rd-year beginner and committed to getting serious about practice. Age 57 man with absolutely zero musical background. I've spent too much time fiddling around with three different ukes, no consistency in practice, yearlong breaks, etc.
One decision is to put my soprano in its case and only play my concert until I have achieved more competence. I find the concert easier to hold and my fingers don't trip over each other as much as the sopranos (although I really love the soprano sound, size, etc. and plan to get back to it).
My concert is an Ohana CK-38 which is solid mahogany. It's lovely with a very warm deep tone. Currently strung Low G with 3 year old strings. I'm going to replace the strings with Worth fluorocarbons (which I already have) and am undecided on low or high G string. Up until now if I was practicing something that was written for low G I used the concert and if high G I used the soprano.
Thanks,
Jim